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		jghn 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Major rule about cooking meat turns out to be wron... > "Searing the meat seals in the juices" -- every chef on every cooking show. I could be wrong on this but I think Kenji was the first prominent writer to debunk this. I bring it up given the context of who all we're talking about.

tnorthcutt 5 months ago [–]

I think Alton Brown covered this on his show Good Eats quite a few years ago as well.

marcusb 5 months ago | [–]

And Meathead over at Amazing Ribs[0]. Their explanation[1] for the "stall" (evaporative cooling) in smoking large cuts of meat is great as well.

0 - https://amazingribs.com/more-technique-and-science/more-cook...

1 - https://amazingribs.com/more-technique-and-science/more-cook...

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